This degree offers lower division preparation for students who wish to pursue a bachelor’s degree in social work. The program is designed to prepare students for transfer to four-year social work programs.

Program Learning Outcomes

Upon successful completion of this program, students will be able to:

• Apply critical thinking to the research, effects and planning in the field and practice of social work.
• Investigate social worker duties in dealing with a wide variety of difficult social situations including discrimination, oppression, maltreatment, poverty and injustice.
• Analyze various situations and determine the proper role of a social worker and the various factors influencing the situation.

Career Opportunities

• Administration¹
• Child Welfare¹
• Clinical:
  • Counseling, Therapy¹
• Community Organizations:
  • Advocacy, Politics, Education¹
• Criminal Justice/Corrections¹
• Developmental Disabilities¹
• Gerontology¹
• Health Care¹
• Occupational:
  • Counseling¹
  • Organizational Development¹
  • Teaching¹
  • Wellness Promotion¹
  • Human Resources¹
• Public Welfare:
  • Social Work¹
• Research¹

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Bachelor degree or higher recommended.

Associate in Arts Degree Requirements

Course List

Code	Title	Units
BIO-130	General Biology I	3
ECON-120	Principles of Macroeconomics	3
or ECON-121	Principles of Microeconomics
HED-201	Introduction to Public Health	3
Select one of the following:		3-4
MATH-160	Elementary Statistics
PSY-215	Statistics for the Behavioral Sciences
BIO-215	Statistics for Life Sciences
PSY-120	Introductory Psychology	3
SOC-120	Introductory Sociology	3
SW-110	Social Work Fields of Service	3
SW-120	Introduction to Social Work	3
Total Units		24-25

Plus General Education Requirements